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Announce Post #3286: The Winter is Here

The Frost Spite is a little bit miffed with the Basin of Life for reasons that will be clear from a forthcoming event post, but as a result: snow!

Magnagorans will recognise this particular snow from some of their past winter balls and other snow-related shenanigans, but it is new for all the other organisations. You can find actual snow in outdoor rooms of your organisations if the environment makes sense for it to be there (urban and forest generally). You can shovel it, jump into it, and most importantly make snowmen!

The snowmen come in three variations: failures, epics, and common. Failures happen when you try to create something you cannot possibly reproduce for any reason. Epics are more difficult snowmen, usually of powerful or historic beings of the given organisation, or simply something rather complex. Common ones are, as the name suggests, common peronas or creatures of that organisation. Why are we explaining this? Because if you like, you can make suggestions for shapes to add on the forums (where this post will get automatically syndicated)! Divine and their priests and related creatures are the only shapes off the table. Suggest shapes for failures, epics, or commons and we'll take a look once in a while and see what we can add.

The weather has been set to be colder across the entire Basin but not so much as to make travel too difficult. It's just what cold enough for snow to exist.

Hope you enjoy!

Ps. Player pets/dwellers are also off the table, sorry!

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Re: Descriptions: From Divines to Mortals, and Beasts, and Items, and Mobs, and Places!

Serenwilde Solstice 2021, 2022

a doe in the snow

Shimmering a soft white, a doe stands here in a swirl of glistening snow.

A doe in the snow stands here in a swirl of ice crystals, her gentle eyes gazing about the forest.

Her hide a luminescent white, this doe stands with a gentle bearing, taking in her surroundings in quiet patience. A soft, liquid brown, her eyes glimmer with snowflakes that dance about her eyelashes, while a pair of oval, velvety ears turn this way and that, attentive to the sounds of the forest. An ever present breeze dances about the doe, whistling and rustling, covering her here and there in swirls of ice crystals and patches of hush snow, white against alabaster, so that it is difficult to tell at times where the fur ends and the snow covering begins. Her legs, strong and slender, step gracefully upon a snowdrift that fans out from her location, her hooves making deep imprints shaped like pairs of half moons.

a snowball marked by a hoofprint

Gleaming with ice crystals, a snowball rests here, marked by a single hoofprint.

About the size of a large apple, this snowball has been tightly packed, made mostly of pure white snow crystals, some of which still bear their crystalline snowflake shapes. The snowball is roughly round, here and there pine needles resting just below the surface or stick out through the snow, giving the sphere a sap-like scent over the fresh smell of frozen water. Pressed deep into the cold and blind white, a single hoofprint marks where a doe had stepped, its form bearing the shape of paired half moons.

Xiran

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Announce Post #3284: City and Commune Solstice Quests

Each city and commune has a small quest that will award a special Solstice gift upon completion. These quests can be done by anyone from newbie to demigod. Note that you can only gain your own commune or city's gift! This year's reward is a bit different from the usual vision-focused items, instead we sought to create a roleplay aide for rituals and ceremonies, or to use however you like. Hope you enjoy!

In New Celest, Eraol Flenn seeks stars in a jar.
In Magnagora, Jinlu Ilithya seeks rats in hats.
In Serenwilde, Caedir Aormeah seeks does in the snow.
In Glomdoring, Dominique Nightshade seeks beasts of the feast.
In Hallifax, Ki'kia zi'Prouep seeks beryls in peril.
In Gaudiguch, Mosachi Xeeth seeks lizards with gizzards.

Additionally, each city and commune's dedicated store selling the rewards of previous Solstice adventures is once more open. Anyone who has missed out on getting them in the past will be able to make up for it each Solstice season. The shops can be found:

In New Celest, by the lobby of the Syrinx Plaza Hotel.
In Magnagora, within the construction site south off Sombre Lane.
In Serenwilde, southwards from the Ellindel Memorial.
In Glomdoring, a hollow by the Stables of the Wyrden Thorn.
In Hallifax, up the stairs from the Ministry of Commerce and Exchange.
In Gaudiguch, within one of the rooms of the Dapper Dashro Lounge.

Both the quests and the shops will close after January 8th.

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Re: Gurashi Draws: An Autobiography

I fell into a habit of exclusively drawing Lusternia-related things for years, and I was honestly happy with that. I had so much inspiration in spite of all that was going on, and so many stories I wanted to tell, so many logs lovingly thumbnailed in my sketchbook, lists of logs I wanted to illustrate. So many things I wanted to say. Time is flies and kitties are soft.

Image: https://localforums.lusternia.com/uploads/editor/be/dkcka0tnq0rc.png

Gurashi

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Re: Portrait Gallery: show off character or lusternia related fanart you've commissioned or created!

Image: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/937159180631015424/1018022093813710888/kallichibi.png

I told Hiresh my University of Cosmic Understanding Cheer Squad idea and she made Zin do me a chibi. Some friends too generous! Aaah. Thanks to Zinthings too.

Kalliope

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Re: Portrait Gallery: show off character or lusternia related fanart you've commissioned or created!

https://www.twitch.tv/zinthings did some art (thanks, Yin!)

Pash

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Re: Portrait Gallery: show off character or lusternia related fanart you've commissioned or created!

More Nep, sorry not sorry.

Image: https://forums.lusternia.com/uploads/editor/x8/r9jr37fh9oex.png

Here he has his squishy dracnari doll modeled after Afrit.

Art by Zokhan
https://zokhan.weebly.com/contact.html

Nepenthe

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Re: Absence Thread

My free time will remain quite hectic and I may be more sparse than normal for personal reasons from the coming Sunday on, though I will be regularly logging in to check on things. Letters are the preferred method of communication at present for making progress on storylines, as they are easier to respond to on my end. Thank you for your understanding!

malmydia

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Re: Lusternian Divine AMA

Oh that sure is a question. I was rather artefact poor, and did not have very many, but I quite enjoyed a piece of runed clothing that my character had, as it was a sentimental piece given to me by a player who I had only known through their in-character persona.

As Malmydia is a plain looking goddess, I decided early on that clothing would be of little interest to Her. Yet with Drocilla as a close friend, and as one of the patrons of Magnagora, it would not do to walk around in a simple bloodstained robe, and so I took to player designs for the outfit I've worn since my release, wearing things from Nightsoigne and other Magnagoran cartels. Every piece of clothing, save my hairpin and my flower, are of player origin; at least if you see me in the "mob boss" suit I've been wearing.

I'm afraid Malmydia would have little interest in deciding a Trial of Time, and would instead prefer to offer input on Another's design to increase its efficiency and make it more challenging.

malmydia

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Re: Absence Thread

Hi folks, I shall be less frequent from American Thanksgiving week onwards for a bit

Xiran

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